by - May 2, 2022 5:06 pm
Retailers and restaurant chains continue to invest in new locations in Benton and Washington counties, according to permits on file with the Arkansas State Health Department. Big Lots will open…
by - May 2, 2022 4:19 pm
Cox Communications Fort Smith donated $100,000 to Fort Smith Public School’s Peak Innovation Center for a new career center and to support three network engineering technology classrooms. “The COX Career…
by - May 2, 2022 12:02 pm
Bentonville-based outdoor apparel company LIVSN Designs recently launched an equity crowdfunding campaign as it looks to release five products this year. Those who invest in the Wefunder crowdfunding campaign receive…
by - May 2, 2022 10:55 am
An e-commerce marketing agency based in Rogers announced Monday (May 2) $2.3 million in new investment. Bold Strategies founder and CEO Allan Peretz said the funding from Montage Capital will…
by - May 1, 2022 10:09 pm
Little Rock Mayor Frank Scott, Jr. was sworn in Friday (April 29) as the new President of the African American Mayors Association (AAMA). Scott takes over for outgoing AAMA President,…
by - May 1, 2022 12:07 pm
Advice from women business owners offered Thursday (April 28) during a panel discussion in Fort Smith included being “vulnerable” and being “your own advocate” to push beyond the rejections that…
by - May 1, 2022 9:26 am
Walmart has described itself as a company that has turned ambition into opportunity throughout its history. The latest example of that philosophy is a pilot program for existing workers to…
by - April 30, 2022 9:59 am
Three Bentonville-manufactured electric vehicles are expected to transport fully-suited NASA astronauts to their moon-bound spacecraft as part of a mission to complete the first human lunar landing in more than…
by - April 29, 2022 10:57 am
Springdale-based online grocery startup EasyBins announced Friday (April 29) a $400,000 matching investment from the Arkansas Venture Capital Development Fund (AVCDF) of the Arkansas Venture Capital Investment Trust (AVCIT). The Arkansas Development…
by - April 29, 2022 9:55 am
Record quarterly net income, driven in part by a more than 20% increase in a key billing measure, has Fort Smith-based ArcBest rewarding shareholders with a $75 million share buyback…
by - April 28, 2022 4:14 pm
Being the different one in the room is a feeling executives in Northwest Arkansas said they have experienced. Bringing attention to differences and embracing commonality was the purpose of the…
by - April 28, 2022 3:54 pm
USA Truck blew past consensus estimates on first quarter net income and revenue as the shipping and logistics company set another quarterly record on both metrics. Net income of $13.111…
by - April 28, 2022 3:48 pm
Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge filed suit Thursday (April 28) against Family Dollar Stores after a rodent infestation in its West Memphis distribution center led to a Food and Drug…
by - April 28, 2022 1:06 pm
John Roberts, president and CEO of J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc., highlighted the carrier’s three priorities in its annual shareholders’ meeting on Thursday (April 28) at the company’s headquarters in…
by - April 28, 2022 9:59 am
Bentonville, Fayetteville, Rogers and Springdale had combined sales tax revenue of $7.351 million in the April report, up 25.17% from a year ago. However, revenue was down 3.96% from the…
by - April 28, 2022 8:14 am
Arkansas-based Armor Bank, a full-service community bank headquartered in Forrest City, plans to build a retail location in Northwest Arkansas. The company has filed a preliminary development plan with the…
by - April 28, 2022 8:14 am
Inflation, lingering supply chain issues, the aftermath impacts of the pandemic and other factors may have a dampening effect on the economy in Northeast Arkansas in 2022. But consumers continue…
by - April 28, 2022 7:33 am
Simmons First National Corp. reported Thursday (April 28) net income of $65.1 million for the first quarter of 2022, compared to $67.4 million in the first quarter of 2021 as…
by - April 27, 2022 5:31 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson was in downtown Fort Smith Wednesday morning (April 27) for the grand opening of the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith Center for Economic Development. The center…
by - April 27, 2022 2:45 pm
The Milken Family Foundation awarded the prestigious Milken Educator Award to an educator from Thomas Jefferson Elementary School in Bentonville on Wednesday (April 27). Kamisha Burlingame, a fourth-grade teacher, was surprised with…
